The main point here is that the lab escape hypothesis has been hitherto dismissed out of hand when it ought not to be.
I agree that the natural zoonotic contamination hypothesis is more plausible to begin with, but since it has not been confirmed (as in: no natural reservoir has been identified), the less plausible but nonetheless not implausible lab escape hypothesis should still be on the table.
Dismissed by the intelligentsia, like everything he says. Usually they are right to do so, but occasionally I think there is a touch of "orange man bad" syndrome.
I treat Trump's grunts like the output of a Markov chain random text generator and don't consider them official signifiers either for or against anything. He blathers and lies and then contradicts himself with different lies an hour later. He's a classic bullshitter.
I agree that the natural zoonotic contamination hypothesis is more plausible to begin with, but since it has not been confirmed (as in: no natural reservoir has been identified), the less plausible but nonetheless not implausible lab escape hypothesis should still be on the table.